A convicted killer and his girlfriend who carried out the “bloodthirsty” murder of a woman before dumping her dismembered body in a park in south London have been jailed for life.Steve Sansom and Gemma Watts lured 38-year-old Sarah Mayhew to her death to fulfil their “sadistic and sexual fantasies”, the Old Bailey heard.
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00:00Stand up, both of you.
00:05Stephen Sansom, for the murder of Sarah Mayhew, I sentence you to life imprisonment.
00:10I set no minimum term in your case.
00:12That means that you will spend the rest of your life in prison.
00:16For perverting the course of public justice, the sentence is five years imprisonment concurrent.
00:21Gemma Watts, for the murder of Sarah Mayhew, the sentence is one of life imprisonment.
00:27You will serve a minimum term of 29 years and 90 days.
00:33Thereafter it will be for the parole board to decide when, if ever, you should be released.
00:38If you are ever released, you will remain on license for the rest of your life.
00:42For perverting the course of public justice, the sentence is five years imprisonment concurrent.
00:47You may go down.